Condiment holder



Patented Nov. 12, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CONDIMENT HOLDERRobert M. Currie, Carbon-ado, Wash.

Application November 24, 1934, Serial No. 754,567

2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in condiment holders and has forits object to provide a holder divided by a central partition to provideseparate compartments, each compartment being adapted to contain adifferent condiment and a cover for the compartments having meansassociated therewith for controlling the discharge of the condiment fromeach compartment.

A further object of the invention is to provide an article of theabove-mentioned character which is simple and durable in construction,re-, liable and efficient in use and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation view of the holder,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1, and,

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration, I have shown apreferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5, denotes the body ofthe holder which is circular in cross section having a central Verticalpartition 6, d1- viding the body into separate compartments l and 8,each compartment being adapted to contain a separate condiment, such assalt and pepper. A cover 9 is provided for the body having a horizontalwall It] adapted to close the upper ends of the compartments 1 and 8.The wall i0 is spaced from the top wall ll of the cover and extendingacross the center of the space between the walls Ill and l l is apartition wall l2 which divides the space into separate chambers 53 and14, which, respectively, aline with the compartments 7 and 8, when thecover is fitted on the body. The side walls of the cover extend belowthe wall Ill and fit over the upper edge of the body and at oppositesides are provided with inwardly projecting lugs l5, which engage in thebayonet shaped slots I6 formed in the outer walls of the body. The wallIEI in each of the chambers l3 and I 4 is provided with an opening ll,

normally closed by the hemispherical shaped valve member l8 attached toone end of the pivoted lever IS. The lever I9 is pivotally mounted, in-

termediate its ends, to the bracket 29 attached to the wall In and itsopposite end extends through a slot 2| formed in the side wall of thecover, a finger piece 22 being formed integral with the extended end ofthe lever for manually 5 depressing the lever to raise the valve member!8. A spring 23 is disposed between the lever I9 and Wall Iii whichexerts a tension on the lever to hold the valve member in a closedposition. The top wall ll of the cover is provided with a 10 series ofperforations 24 over each of the chambers i5 and i l, the perforationson one side being smaller than the perforations on the other side.

In use, the compartments 1 and 8 are filled with different condiments,such as salt and pep- 15 per and then the cover 9 is fitted inplace sothat the wall It? covers the upper ends of the compartments. When thecover 9 is in place the chambers l3 and M are alined with thecompartments I and 8, so that when the valve mem- 20 bers l8 are openedthe condiments from the compartments are discharged into the chambersand are dispensed from the chambers through the perforations 24 in thetop Wall of the cover. The valve members H! are opened by depressing the25 levers I9, and by selectively operating the levers either kind ofcondiment may be dispensed from the holder. When the levers arereleased, the valve members are automatically closed by the action ofthe springs 23 on the levers. 30

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and thatcertain changes in the shape, size and arrangement of the parts may bemade without 35 departing from the spirit of the invention or the scopeof the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A condiment holder comprising a body divided by a vertical partitioninto separate com- 40 partments, a cover for the body having spaced topand bottom walls, a partition disposed between the top and bottom wallsof said cover forming separate chambers adapted to aline with thecompartments of said body, the bottom wall 45 of each chamber having anopening therethrough, a ball valve member in each of the chambersnormally seated in the opening in the bottom of the chambers, a leverrockably mounted in each of the chambers having one end connected tosaid valve member and its opposite end extending through the side ofsaid cover, for actuating said lever to raise said ball valve from itsseat and spring means normally holding said 55 ball valve seated, thetop of each chamber being 10 bers and compartments, a ball valve memberin each of said chambers normally seated i'n' the openings in the bottomthereof, and a lever rockably mounted in each of said chambers havingone end connected tosaid valvemember and its opposite end extendingthrough the'side of said cover, for rocking said levers to raise saidvalve member from its seat, the top of each chamber having perforationstherethrough p p ROBERT M. CZURRIE. 1

